Fence-bench.



' PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

S. L. BAILEY.

FENCE BENCH. APPLIUATION FILED um. 25, 1905.

SAMUEL L. BAILEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FENCE-BENCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

katented April 23, 190 7'.

Application filed March 25, 1905. Serial No. 252,101.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, State of New York, residing at No. 363 Willoughby avenue, city of Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Benches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in work benches and relates more particularly to that class employed in the manufacture of fence panels.

It is an object of the invention to provide a novel device of this character that may be employed with equal facility in the construction of either wooden or wire panels.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel device of this character wherein the panels formed thereon are duplicates.

Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to provide a novel device of this character that will be simple in construction, efficient in practice and economical to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully de* scribed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail sectional views. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of one of the sections employed in the invention. Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of a wood panel constructed in conjunction with the invention. Fig. 5- is a view of a wire panel constructed in conjunction with the invention.

In the drawings 9 indicates a frame which may be of any desired configuration but preferably rectangular as shown. This frame is supported by the lugs or standards fsecured within the frame in any desired manner but as this forms no essential feature of the invention a detail description thereof is believed unnecessary.

The ends of the frame are provided with the shoulders e which extend entirely thereacross. The faces of the shoulders are inclined as shownin the drawings. This incline right.

is arranged to compensate for the angle of the panel posts, it being here stated that the posts m of the panels rest upon the shoulders e.

Arranged within the frame along the sides thereof are the rails A. These rails have their end portions resting upon the supporting standards f and are held thereto through the medium of the hinges H which permit the rails to be swung inwardly when so desired for a purpose which will hereinafter be explained. To the ends of the frame are secured the sections These sections are held in position by means of anchoring pins passing through the openings k of the sections and engaging the frame. To the sides of the frame are hinged the sections j and d which are provided along their upper or free edges with the spaced alining grooves 'i. The section d is provided with an inturned flange as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Extending upwardly from the rails A are the spaced pins or fingers B.

In making a wooden panel the panel frame is placed upon the bench the sections 9', j and (1 having been first moved out of the way, said movement being permitted by their hinged connections. The slats are placed between the fingers B at any desired angle and the ends of the slats contact with the flange of section (1 and hold them in the proper alinement. The fingers B act as a gauge for the slats. When it is desired to make a wire panel, the rails A are moved out of positions and the sections and d are maintained uptheir operative position. In both instances the posts m of the panels rest upon the shoulders e of the ends of the frame.

To hold the panels against any undue longitudinal movement when on the frame or bench the posts of the panels are provided with pins n which engage the ends of the frame or the perforations c in the section (1 as the requirement of practice may necessitate.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination a frame, rails within the frame and hinged thereto, sections removably held by the ends of the frame, sections hinged to the sides of the frame, parallel with the rails the upper edges of all the sections being grooved and fingers carried by the rails.

2. In combination a frame, shoulders The grooves i of these sections act as 1 a gauge for the wires when the sections are 1n formed on the ends of the frame, rails Within has signed his name to this specification in the frame and hinged to the sides thereof, the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses, TO fingers carrieo lfrby said rails, removable secthis 25th day of May, 1905. tions on the ame, hinged sections on the 5 frame, the free edges of all the sections being SAMUEL BAILEY grooved and a flange along the edge of one of Witnesses: the hinged sections. JNo. EDWARD HAYNEs,

In testimony whereof, SAMUEL L. BAILEY HUBERT I. BENWARD. 

